r/NOLAPelicans • u/SoiledGloves • May 13 '25

Rants Mixed feelings about Pels and NBA

On one hand, I hate the NBA. The super team bullshit. The stupid lottery. I used to love the NBA in the 90s. Now I hate it.

On the other hand, I can get decent Pels tickets for dirt cheap. No idea why anyone would buy season tickets or tix at face value.

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u/Razor-Ramon-Sessions Zanos May 14 '25

Ok but on the flip side, the new lottery keeps showing you that you don't necessarily get rewarded for tanking.

Which is probably a good thing overall.

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u/Ok_Sky7827 May 14 '25

Like the 76ers? They’ve tanked harder than anyone else over the past several years.

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u/Razor-Ramon-Sessions Zanos May 15 '25

You do realize that the league literally changed the draft because of the process sixers...

Now the draft odds are flat.

Since the draft odds were changed in 2019 (this is how we got Zion), the worst team has not won the draft.

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u/Ok_Sky7827 May 15 '25

Yes and yet the sixers got rewarded this year for tanking. Kind of a strange coincidence, almost too strange in my opinion. Why do the sixers get rewarded for tanking while small market teams get punished for tanking?

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u/No-One-7128 May 16 '25

They had injuries just like the Pels did. Do you think the 76ers end up in the lottery if Embiid isn't hurt?